Jorge L. Guerra Esq.

Jorge L. Guerra Esq.

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
Employment
255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1150, Coral Gables, FL 33134

    About Jorge L. Guerra Esq.

    Practice Areas
    • Employment
    Education
    • Miami University School of Law, 1986
      J.D.
      • Honors: University of Miami Law Review
      • Honors: Book Award: Constitutional Law
      • Honors: University of Miami Moot Court Board
      • Honors: Dean’s List
    • University of Miami School, Coral Gables, Florida
      B.B.A.
      • Major: Business Administration (Finance & Economics)
    Representative Cases
    • General counsel to Blank family office and its interests since 2005.
    • Prevailed in private arbitration of a dispute over construction billings and distribution of partnership profits arising out of joint venture to develop 300+ acres of South Florida real estate.
    • Prevailed in private arbitration over “Earn-Out” dispute in connection with nine-figure purchase of largest national nursery vendor to Home Depot.
    • Soler v. Secondary Holdings, Inc., 832 So.2d. 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002) – used jurisdictional challenge to arbitral ruling to create plenary review of arbitral legal error.
    • General Electric Company v. Latin America Imports, S.A., 187 F. Supp.2d 749 (U.S. D.C., W. D. Ky. 2001) - sustained Sherman Act and restraint of trade claims, extending U.S. antitrust jurisdiction to conspiracy alleged to have had anti-competitive effect exclusively on domestic component of export trade and foreign consumers.
    • FDIC v. Stahl, 89 F. 3d 1510 (11th Cir. 1996) – obtained and successfully defended $18.6 million verdict; established controlling law on the interplay between standard of care then-applicable to corporate directors and officers and the
    • Lorie v. Calderon, 772 So.2d 537 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996) - obtained and sustained on appeal emergency injunction in international securities fraud.
    • Defended records storage company in class-action; settled case for nominal sum then defeated plaintiffs' attorneys'
    • Represented party accused of altering invoices to obtain monies in connection with inventory sale/repurchase option transactions; countersued asserting that transactions were disguised usurious loans; obtained favorable confidential resolution.
    • Cargill Inc. v. Sunlight Foods, Inc., 586 So.2d 366 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991) - reversed injunction preventing bank from honoring letters of credit.
    • Kelly v. Azar, 568 So.2d 97 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990) - remand of order denying motion to compel arbitration.
    • Represented contractor who breached force sewer main, closing the City of Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County beaches for weeks, including during the July 4, 2000 weekend. Prevailed in contested insurance coverage dispute, negotiated resolution of civil and administrative claims brought by Miami-Dade County, the City of Miami Beach and the State of Florida. Prevailed in attendant licensing revocation proceeding. Successfully litigated federal and state court actions brought by private parties.
    • Represented vendor to the Miami-Dade County Public Health Trust. Successfully navigated through the County's Sovereign Immunity defense to obtain favorable settlement.
    • Represented numerous garment distributors against different Chinese manufacturers; obtained favorable confidential resolution in every instance.

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • Florida, 1986
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
    • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
    Other Affiliations
    • Co-Drafter - "Operating Rules and Procedures for Proposed Business Court Pilot Program"
    • 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Miami-Dade County, Fl. (1997); Dade County Trial Lawyers'
    • Association - Board member (1996-98); Founding Chair, Commercial Trial Section (1996)
    • Florida Bar - Business Law Section; Cuban American Bar Association.
    Fraternities and Sororities
    • Delta Sigma Pi

    Fees

    • Offers Free Initial Consultation
    • Accepts Credit Cards

    Office Info

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    Jorge L. Guerra Esq.
    Phone:
    (800) 649-7239
    Website:
    https://www.rtgn-law.com
    Address:
    255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1150, Coral Gables, FL 33134
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